How to read intersectionally? Workshop 5 December 2022

While intersectionality is not originally a literary theory, we suggest that reading may also be doneintersectionally. The act of interpretation can be an intersectional process opening up new horizons for literary texts. In this seminar we explore the ways of reading intersectionally.

12.15–16.00: For students attending the course Reading and Reception Studies
14.00–16.00: Everybody welcome!

Programme:

Pre-seminar for enrolled students

12.15–13.45    Intersectional reading workshop and discussion: “Reading with Maryse Condé” with Kaiju Harinen and Marta-Laura Cenedese

COFFEE AND SNACKS

14.15   Liisa Merivuori (UTU): Intersectionally reading the overlapping traumas in Herta Müller’s Atemschaukel

14.45   Anna-Leena Toivanen (UEF): Afroeuropean mobilities of the ‘African gigolo’: Intersectional reading of Simon Njami’s African gigolo and Fabienne Kanor’s Faire l’aventure.

15.15   Anna Rastas (TUNI): How can an intersectional perspective broaden our understanding of Rosa Clay’s life – and the meanings of the different representations of this historical figure?

15.45   DISCUSSION